Women's & U18 Girls squads named for Inter-Pro Semi-Finals

The Ulster Women’s and U18 Girls squads, sponsored by Deloitte, have been named for the Inter-provincial Series semi-finals this Saturday 14th September at St Mary’s College RFC, Templeogue. Following the conclusion of the opening three round games, each Province were ranked and allocated their semi final place. The winning semi-finalists in both competitions will progress to the final next Saturday, with the losers set to play in a 3rd/4th place playoff on the same day. Ulster Women’s team to play Leinster, Saturday 14th September, 3.45pm at St Mary’s College RFC, Templeogue: (15-9): Ella Durkan (Malone), Lucinda Kinghan (Ireland 7s), Maeve Liston (Cooke), Kelly McCormill (Cooke), Emma Jordan (Malone), Vicky Irwin (Cooke), Jemma Jackson (Old Belvedere); (1-8): Megan Brodie (Exile), Stacey-Lea Kennedy (City of Derry), Ilse Van Staden (Cooke), Chloe McIlwaine (Malone), Lauren Maginnes (Malone), Katie Hetherington (Cooke), Neve Jones (Malone), Beth Cregan (Cooke, captain). Replacements (16-23): Emma Kearney (Cooke), Aishling O’Connell (Cooke), Shannon Heapes (Cooke), Shannon Buller (Queen's University), Keelin Brady (Barnhall), Kathryn Dane (Old Belvedere), Diane Ramsay (Queen's University), Holly Brannigan (Malone). Ulster U18 Girls team to play Connacht, Saturday 14th September, 12.00pm at St Mary’s College RFC, Templeogue: (15-9): Lucy Turkington (Dungannon), Sophie Kinghan (Dundalk), Zara Flack (Enniskillen), Amanda McQuade (Virginia, vice captain), Farrah Cartin McCloskey (Enniskillen), Toni Macartney (Larne), Sarah Shrestha (Dungannon); (1-8): Ella Garland (Cooke, vice captain), Aoife Cahill (Malone), Ava Fannin (Virginia, captain), Kim Johnston (Dungannon), Taryn Schutzler (Malone), Sophie Barrett (Enniskillen), Erin Carson (Malone), India Daley (Enniskillen). Replacements: Cara O’Neill (Malone), Hannah Cooney (Malone), Delyth Cook (Ballyclare), Rachel McGee (Ballyshannon), Lauren Kilfedder (Enniskillen), Moya Hill (Enniskillen), Mya Alcorn (Letterkenny), Lucy Thompson (Enniskillen). — Ulster U18 Girls & Ulster Women’s Inter-pro Series Fixtures 2019 Saturday 17th August at Irish Independent Park, Cork 1.00pm: Munster U18 Girls 12-17 Ulster U18 Girls 3.00pm: Munster Women 38-12 Ulster Women Saturday 24th August at City of Armagh RFC 3.00pm: Ulster U18 Girls 20-38 Leinster U18 Girls 7.00pm: Ulster Women 5-24 Leinster Women Saturday 31st August at Queen’s Sport 1.00pm: Ulster U18 Girls 19-12 Connacht U18 Girls 3.30pm: Ulster Women 19-20 Connacht Women Saturday 14th September at St. Mary’s RFC, Dublin - Semi-Finals Day 12.00pm: Ulster U18 Girls v Connacht U18 Girls 1.30pm: Munster Women v Connacht Women 2.45pm: Leinster U18 Girls v Munster U18 Girls 3.45pm: Leinster Women v Ulster Women Saturday 21st September at MU Barnhall RFC, County Kildare Finals Day